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 Masterclasses in Animation ~ "The 12 Principles ~ PLUS"
ON-DEMAND CLASSES
Module 01
The '12 Principles of Animation' were first established by Disney legends, Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston in their classic book, "The Illusion of Life" in 1981. However, current master animator, Tony White, believes that in this modern animation age, these are no longer complete. Tony raised this idea in his latest book - "ANIMATION MASTERCLASSES ~ from Pencils to Pixels" - and now he expands on this further through his new diploma program... "The 12 Principles ~ PLUS".  This means students can learn to animate using the traditional 12 Principles - plus the new ones that Tony will suggest.
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** Tony covers all the original 12 Principles  - as defined by Frank Thomas & Ollie Johnson... "Squash and stretch", "Anticipation", "Staging", "Straight-ahead action and pose-to-pose", "Follow through and overlapping action", "Slow in and slow out", "Arc", "Secondary action", "Timing", "Exaggeration", "Solid drawing", "Appeal". However, is will include "new ones", such as... "Balance", "Generic Walk", "Superimposition", etc.

Note: The 12 Principles PLUS will not necessarily be taught in the order listed, but they will be entirely covered - more than once in some cases - by all exercises in Module 01 and Module 02 of Tony's program.

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Below are previous 'live' class recordings. These will be uploaded here on a weekly basis - or whenever the student completes the work of one and is ready for the next one.

MODULE 01 / CLASS 01


MODULE 01 / CLASS 02

MODULE 01 / CLASS 03

MODULE 01 / CLASS 04

MODULE 01 / CLASS 05

MODULE 01 / CLASS 06

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'2025 Showreel' of your Instructor
: TONY WHITE

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